Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-02
AMD TRADE.


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FIzas viII bseia haEvsm1inG theiE oats
lbIs wssk. lbs yisad promised b tasa
70 BE- fair assrnes ons. which Dsazs
n tbat locality aboat IS a. 90 bushsla
psr asss. Ths ea1s b that visinity have
ne ssputasioa q heinG hsasisE than
fhoss e7uwn In any eshaF section q TIE
rnfaea Bsaasa. Ths olaeial wsiEhs Of .
hushel Of cats 10 90 psunda. but asis
grown % Puess soand @aaisp weigh
between - ard 4s pounds psr baahaA-
In sha fmmsdists yiefnity u LAeonnsz.
that il on fhs swinsmish Flats and O.
Bssser Mnxsh, Ghsrs sss usasr saltisa-
ton aboua 1000 aeEes- 0ns hsndrsd
bushsIs 10 he scss b not an uneommon
yield thsss in God ysarA 1akinRthsss
estimates sra eounsina aoashel e
weighing 20 pouDds. ws havs ths Prob
abie yieId Of the farms IN The vicinity
adjoining Lseonnsr e 1890 tons Of
oats for 1857. In 1880 Tiers we're but
two thrsshsrs near LAo0nnss. bus during
she EAST ysaE thers have been taken 20
thai section fhres rev tbEssheEs, making
q total Of ten steam thFeahers, whfeh
VA give supl0ynsnt 70 80 msn during
the coming three months Of harvest.
Each Of these threshsEs tzEn out about
900, and sometimes 1c90 sacks per Day.
Il vas reported IN the last issue Of
the PuyaIlup GoHasres that the hay
crop throuehsut the Puyallup Valley
was sonnswhas short this year, snd that
good neg hay vas aslling for SIS 10 SO
psrtou. RstaIIsrs In turn 81 ga 20 fcrit.
There IL almost . uniform complaints Of
IIzht crops Of hay this year. and Eza
Mesksr about hits IL riRhs whsn he says
that many Of the meadows have run
out" They are running wild, and many
farmers are realizing that they must
pillow up and rs-seed their meadows Il
they expect 10 reap more Of the phe-
nomennl Puget eOund hay orops. The
hay fields Of Whatcom County are said
70 be doing better this year than they
did In 1856.
Meats declined to-day, a. was expses-
ed. Beef and mutton were each lev
cred one cent per pound, which places
the wholesale price for eseh at six
cents per pound. Pork is very scarce
and remains unchanged at ten cents
per pound, Wholesale.
PRODUCE RECEIPTS - Past ls
hours include boxes butter. 5 cases
eQRs, II sacks potatoes, 30 Sacks hour,
2S8 sacks feed, 800 sacks bran, 50 sacks
shorts, 5 bales wool, Is bundles hides.
BHIPMENT6-0ener merchandise
was shipped from Seattle in past "a
hours IN the following quantities @. q
p. 8. 8. Z. b. tons, p. 8. 5. Line 10
tons, steamer Idaho % tons, w. X. Mer-
win X tons, Fleetwood n tons, lola 5
toRs, W. p. Monroe Z TONS Glide tons.
Josephine II tons, Skagit Chief ~
toes, EvanRel 15 tons, Eliza Anderson 5
tons.
BUTTER - Dealers advanced the
pFice Of best butter today 10 IS cents
Der roll Of tive pounds, retail. Some
fancy brands are said 10 sell fer 70 cents
per roll.
EGGS - Supplies easy. Price IN
changed st IS cents per dozen, retail.
| POTATOES - Unchanged. Q1ote:
California, Wholesale, cent per pound;
retail, IL cents; Puget Sound, whole
sale. IL cents; retail, ~ cents per
HAY-Dealers paying go per ton for
new hay delivered hare. JobbinR, e25
per ton; retail, el25 per hundred
HOPs-Buyers 6her ls cents per
pound for 1887 hops. Growers sntiei-
pate better prices.
OATS-Dealers here sell oats in job
lots at t35 per ton. Retail. $50 per
| GENITAL.
WHRAT-snppIies stin very light
Quote; JobbinR, $3.50 per ton; retail,
q per cental.
BEEF-DealeTs pay sl@s< cents
per pound on feot; wholesale. dressed s
cents; retail, gao cents per pound.
| MUTTON - Dealers pay SH@3H
cents per pound on foct; wholesale,
dressed, 6 cents; retail, 6el5 cents per
PORK-DeaIers pay 5ab4 cents per
pound on foot; Wholesale, dressed, 10
cents; retail. l0Cdl6 cents per pound.
MOney and Markets.
EXCHANGE.
NEW YoRK, AuR. 1.-Money on call,
|, easy at 4t16 per cent, last loans closed
6de6; prime mercantile PAGER, 55<6; sler-
. ling exchange, dull and steady az
, t4S2A for sixty days and t4.sIA for
demand.
BONDS.
FUurs, ooupon. .l261
Focr and one-halfs, coupon. JOSH
Pactte SKIES. I'D
STOCKS.
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